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- Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada: Appointment to ...
Market Wire (press release)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 24, 2009) - The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the appointment of Lyall D. Knott, a senior partner of Vancouver-based law firm Clark Wilson LLP, to the International Joint ...
(April 23, 2009) - Sierra Leone: Is Sierra Leone Winning the 'War On Drugs?'
AllAfrica.com, Washington
Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Lev L. Dassin, described the transfer of the convicts as historic as it marks the first defendant transfer ever by the government of Sierra Leone to the United States. "History is made today, ...
(April 23, 2009)
Voice of America
Somali Pirates tricked into Sharia Law trap
Afrik.com, France
The attacks have pushed up shipping insurance costs and hampered international trade. “You cannot tackle piracy effectively at sea unless you tackle the root causes of piracy on land which [are] lawlessness and the insurgency,” Nicholas Bwakira, ...
SOMALI PIRACY: A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION - Horn of Africa Peace and ... Abugidainfo
SEA TRANSPORTATION: The Silent Somali Piracy Pact Strategy Page
Hostage dealers The National
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(April 23, 2009)- Russia's Kudrin says US treats his country as pupil
Washington Post, United States
Kudrin is also a deputy head of the government's WTO negotiation commission. Kudrin said the US law on state enterprises, designed for countries such as the former Soviet Union, is outdated, but was still a major hurdle for a multilateral WTO agreement ...
(April 23, 2009) - New California fuel rule may violate NAFTA -lawyer
Reuters UK, UK
"There's definitely a NAFTA case and a WTO case. There's no doubt in my mind about it," said Simon Potter, a partner at the McCarthy Tetrault law firm whose practice includes trade and competition law. "This is California deciding they are going to ...
(April 23, 2009)
China Daily
Group says China's new postal law restricts market
Forbes, NY
A legislator cited by Xinhua insisted the measure is consistent with Beijing's promises when it joined the WTO in 2001. Qiao Xiaoyang, a member of the National People's Congress law committee, said Beijing's commitment to open its express mail market ...
Controversial postal law gets green light China Daily
China Bans Foreign Invest In Local Express Mail Operating CNNMoney.com
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(April 23, 2009)- New California fuel rule may violate NAFTA -lawyer
Reuters UK, UK
However, the state may have no business imposing such rules on oil produced in other countries, a Canadian lawyer said, and the provisions may violate international trade treaties. "There's definitely a NAFTA case and a WTO case. ...
(April 23, 2009) - Attorney General of Ecuador Performs Work Agenda in Washington, DC
PR Newswire (press release), NY
The case is administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague , and the rules of procedure are the rules for arbitration of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). One, before the Federal Courts of New York ...
(April 22, 2009) - Vietnam one step closer to fulfilling WTO promise
TeleGeography, DC
If passed, the bill will allow private companies to build network infrastructure for the first time and will open up the telecoms market to foreign investors, as part of Vietnam's commitment to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Under the current law, ...
(April 22, 2009)
New York Times
US to push on Doha, Bush trade deals: Kirk
Washington Post, United States
In meetings with leaders of Canada and Mexico, Obama has said he wants to add stronger labor and environmental protections to NAFTA without unraveling the pact. Kirk said the Obama administration believed there was strong bipartisan support in Congress ...
Obama pushing Colombia, S. Korea trade The Hill
Obama to Strengthen NAFTA Without New Negotiations The New American
US Trade Representative Ron Kirk reports progress on deals with ... Dallas Morning News
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(April 22, 2009)- Will Obama Reboot Capitalism Anew?
Huffington Post, NY
When Bill Clinton totally abandoned the national industrial policy that Alexander Hamilton had put into place in 1791 with NAFTA, GATT, and the WTO, we made the shift from a "Made in the USA" to a "Do you want fries with that?" economy. ...
(April 22, 2009)
AFP
“Falling trade (drifts by my window)”
BusinessWorld Online, Philippines
By Jemy Gatdula International trade has been dropping alarmingly the past few months and this was almost immediately followed by the WTO's report regarding the rise in global protectionism. The statement seems blithely obvious, but then one realizes ...
USTR Kirk: Boost Exports To Spur Economic Growth Wall Street Journal
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(April 22, 2009)
CTV.ca
Williams seized NL assets to get even for mill closure ...
The Canadian Press, N.L.
The expropriation does not ensure payment for the fair market value of its seized assets and rights, one of several reasons why the Newfoundland government's law violates Canada's obligations under NAFTA, AbitibiBowater claims. The company alleges that ...
AbitibiBowater intends to file claim against Newfoundland Globe and Mail
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(April 22, 2009)
ABC News
Door still revolving between Capitol, lobbyists
ABC News
Those who found work include former Oregon senator Gordon Smith, a Republican who is a senior adviser at the law and lobbying firm, Covington & Burling; former Maryland representative Albert Wynn, a Democrat and senior adviser at Dickstein Shapiro; ...
(April 22, 2009)- Dr. Charles Stevens from UK deliver lecture on the topic of ...
PunjabNewsline.com, India
He was addressing the students of Law and Law faculty of the Guru Nanak Dev University here on the topic of International Trade Law. The students also participated in the discussion. Explaining the benefits of learning the International Trade Law and ...
(April 22, 2009) - Hispanics encountering hostility in the South, report says
Orlando Sentinel, FL
A new report published today by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that many low-income Hispanic immigrants in the South “are encountering widespread hostility, discrimination and exploitation” that some liken to racial disparities during the Jim ...
(April 21, 2009)
Environment News Service
Congress Must Quickly Enact Clean Energy Law, House Panel Told
Environment News Service
"Your ambitious schedule of nine separate panels during this week's three days of hearings is going to touch on many important topics, including the effect of mandatory cap and trade on the domestic economy, international trade competitiveness and ...
(April 21, 2009)- (From today's Wall Street Journal Asia.)
Wall Street Journal
As an international trade attorney, I have worked on a sizeable portion of the recent CVD cases against Chinese companies. Commerce still treats China as a nonmarket economy for purposes of the antidumping and countervailing duty law. ...
(April 20, 2009)
Foreign Policy
International law exists -- which is why we need Harold Koh
Foreign Policy
No one questions that international law exists or matters. Additionally, the power to create and enforce laws now lies outside capital courtrooms -- and thus requires a transnationalist approach. The World Trade Organization ensures a level playing ...
(April 19, 2009)
MSN Indonesia
China's Coming Of Age In The WTO War
Forbes, NY
"It looks as if China's WTO trade disputes are becoming a healthy part of its foreign trade policy," said Chin Leng Lim, an international law professor and associate dean at the University of Hong Kong. "If I were Claire Reade [the chief counsel for ...
Postal revision in line with WTO rule China Daily
China Instigates WTO Dispute Case against US Poultry Ban Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
China-The WTO. Farming UK
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(April 19, 2009)